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Exhibit 'A' Brewing of Framingham will host a beer and music festival next week; Springdale Barrel Room hosts a prom; and the dates for the 2019 Extreme Beer Fest have been announced.

You know what’s better than drinking beer all day on a Saturday? Doing it at a music festival.

Exhibit ‘A’ Brewing of Framingham will host Demo Tape Fest on July 21 in the parking lot behind its 81 Morton St. brewery. The all day festival begins at 11:30 a.m. and benefits the Rise Above Foundation, which will help pay for a child to attend the School of Rock Natick. School of Rock Natick is donating half of the tuition.

Demo Tape Fest will feature performances by Dead Trains, The Dazies, Le Prestige, Matt Charette and the Truer Sounds, the Big Lonesome and the Squires of Soul.

Headlining the festival will be Trinary System, the Figgs and the Thalia Zedek Band.

The School of Rock Natick Band will kick-off the festival with a performance at 11:30 a.m.

Along with music, there will be Exhibit ‘A’ Beers, including three new Demo Tapes, which is the brewery’s test batch series of beers. The regular lineup of beers, including Goody Two Shoes Kolsch and the Cat’s Meow IPA, will also be available.

Melt's food truck will offer poutine and pressed sandwiches to the festivalgoers.

Tickets are $25 and available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/demo-tape-fest-music-and-beer-festival-tickets-45204938187?aff=efbeventtix#tickets. Children younger than 21 must be accompanied by and adult, and kids under 12 will be admitted free.

Dancing at the hop

For many, the best memory of people have of their high school years is their prom. Now, Springdale Barrel Room is giving people a chance to relive that night.

On July 20, Springdale, the experimental offshoot of Jack's Abby, will host the Ritzy Redneck Prom at its 102 Clinton St. brewery from 6 p.m. to midnight. The event benefits the Jack’s Abby National Multiple Sclerosis Society bike team.

The event will feature beer, food, dancing and raffles.

Springdale asks those who are going to the event to post photos of their "promposals" on Facebook and Instagram using the hashtag #SpringdalePromForMS.

Tickets are $25 and available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ritzy-redneck-prom-at-springdale-tickets-46017826558#tickets.

Going to the Extreme

And finally, tickets for one of the best beer fests in Massachusetts are on sale now.

The Beer Advocate's 16th annual Extreme Beer Fest will be held at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston Feb. 1 and 2. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery is sponsoring the festival.

In all, 120 breweries, pouring more than 4,000 beers, are expected to attend.

This year, Beer Advocate has issued two challenges to the brewers: bring at least one beer that is 5 percent alcohol by volume (ABV) or less, and bring at least one beer that will debut at the EBF.

Participating breweries announced so far include 4 Hands Brewing Company of Missouri, Aslin Beer Company of Virginia, Bolero Snort Brewing of New Jersey, DESTIHL Brewing of Illinois, Great Notion Brewing of Oregon, the Rare Barrel of California and Solemn Oath Brewry of Illinois.

Tickets are $65 each and available at https://www.beeradvocate.com/extreme/.

Norman Miller is a Daily News staff writer. Email him at nmiller@wickedlocal.com or call 508-626-3823. Check out the Beer Nut blog at http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/section/blogs01?taxid=646&start=2. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @RealBeerNut and on Facebook at facebook.com/NormanMillerBeerNut.